Health care real estate investment trusts are taking on a modern mantra: Green is good for business. Recent research shows that companies with higher sustainability scores actually outperform their peers, and REITs like Ventas (NYSE: VTR) are investing heavily to improve their sustainability profiles. Earlier this fall, Ventas was named the 2015 Healthcare Sector Global Leader and […]
How can a power player in one distinct market expand into a new region successfully? One senior housing provider based in the Midwest is newly qualified to answer that question — and has further expansion plans for the future. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based American House Senior Living Communities recently announced ground breaking on the last phase of […]
After a year of record transaction volume across senior living, the “Big Three” senior housing REITs now are taking aim at a different asset class by allocating more resources through very different strategies. With chatter that blockbuster portfolio transactions in senior housing are harder to come by, HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP), Welltower Inc. (NYSE: HCN) and Ventas […]
Interplay between skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and assisted living communities is certainly nothing new, but some signs suggest it makes more sense than ever to co-locate these services. Yet, even with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and further emphasis on moving patients through the continuum of care as efficiently as possible, industry leaders see […]
Have you ever unlocked your smartphone using your fingerprint? One of the minds behind this advanced technology now is bringing his expertise to a new market: senior housing. And Scott Moody—whose former company created the technology behind Apple TouchID*—is not the only tech superstar turning his attention to senior living, and not the only entrepreneur securing […]
It’s no surprise that leaders in the senior housing sector are worried by the specter of rising interest rates—but it may be less obvious why a flow of new capital into the industry is also a top cause for concern. Yet, the capital influx is indeed a major source of anxiety right now, according to […]
National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) will not be “changing its stripes,” but its new CEO is aiming for growth by putting boots on the ground in new regions and being more proactive about opportunities in the real estate investment trust’s own backyard. Portfolio diversification is another goal, as the new leader is exploring what he terms […]
The clock is ticking on a bill sitting on Governor Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown’s desk with an Oct. 11 deadline, which would increase regulations for continuing care retirement community entrance fee repayments. Providers are warily watching what will happen in Sacramento, as many believe that legislative changes such as this one could upset standard business models […]
A clear consensus is emerging in the senior living sector: Nonprofits are bouncing back after the recession, and leaders in the industry are taking note of their aggressive push for affiliations. More nonprofit senior living providers are choosing to consolidate or partake in joint ventures for strategic reasons, as opposed to the financial pressures that […]
The senior housing golden age occurring since the end of the recession has been marked by record-high transaction volume, new capital in the sector and blockbuster deals. But the economic cycle that has proven so fruitful is nearing its peak, meaning it’s time that investors and operators take a hard look at what’s ahead for the […]
